Language Arts/English Curriculum Frameworks - Albemarle County ...

Christensen, L. (2000). Reading, Writing, and Rising Up. Milwaukee: Rethinking
Schools.
Down-to-earth, outspoken, and accessible, this text offers teachers a range of strategies to
reach disenfranchised students. Christensen walks through a multitude of writing ideas that
get students to put pen to paper to write about real-life experiences, thus helping them to
discover the power of their own voices.
Cole, A. (2003). Knee to knee, eye to eye - circling in on comprehension. Portsmouth,
NH: Heinemann.
In this book, the author advocates the combination of books and conversation to increase
learning for all students. She offers suggestions for appropriate texts, organization,
management, and assessment.
College Board, The. (2002). The AP Vertical Teams Guide for English. Washington,
DC: The College Board.
This text begins with AP curriculum and backward maps the necessary skills for all children to
engage at the AP level to middle school. The College Board details the four major skill areas
required of any student in an advanced placement course – literary analysis, close reading,
rhetoric, and writing tactics.
Costa, A. L. & Kallick, B. (2000). Activating & Engaging Habits of Mind. Alexandria:
ASCD.
Framing the ways in which people think about their work and their thinking requires one to go
beyond the general scope of standards in learning. Costa, a former president of the
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, and Kallick present ideas to get kids
to think about their thinking and the ways in which they approach academic study.
Culham, R. (2003). 6+1 Traits of Writing. New York: Scholastic.
This text details the various traits of writing and provides teachers with information about how
to teach and assess those traits. Truly a foundational text. The six traits provided the
underpinnings for the Virginia SOL in writing.
Daniels, H. (1994). Literature Circles: Voice & Choice in the Student-Centered
Classroom. Portland: Stenhouse.
In this original text on literature circles, Harvey Daniels introduces strategies for using
“authentic” text in the classroom by designing reading groups that appeal to various students’
needs and interests. He presents some strategies to engage students in conversation about
text and to manage simultaneous multiple book studies.
Daniels, H. (2002). Literature Circles: Voice & Choice in Book Clubs & Reading
Groups. Portland: Stenhouse Publishers.
In this updated text on literature circles, Harvey Daniels extends the original concept of reading
groups and applies the concept across disciplines. With much more emphasis on a variety of
text structures, including nonfiction, Daniels again presents strategies for engaging students in
conversation about text and extending that conversation to the real world.
© Albemarle County Public Schools, April 2006.
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